We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
I had been to the Ullswater Centre twice before with school. It was on my second visit, with a group of special needs children, that I was offered a…
Outward Bound Mountain SchoolUllswaterCourse No. U24 18.11.1957. To 14.12.57.Thomas Metcalfe.What's your story?My story, is a simple story I am sure like many…
Guest blogger Thomas shares with us his Discover Adventure story.
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Been there, got the cufflinks !At an evening reception at Barclays Bank where I worked, I heard about the Outward Bound experience and with an offer of 3 weeks…
I did an Outward Bound course in 1959 in Devon, and many experiences of that period are still vivid in my memory. As a smoker, I found myself having to stop…
I remember being delighted to hear my father had secured funds from the Variety Club (a bursary) so I could attend the three week course at Aberdovey as soon…
I went with Beacon Hill School Ipswich.It was the first holiday with out my parents and family.School was amazed how different I was with challenges and my…
I attended the O.B.S.S. at Aberdovey in1953, sponsored by my employer, R&W Hawthorn Leslie, shipbuilders. I achieved the Honours award, which the Co. took from…
As a prospective Midshipman in Blue Funnel Line, I attended Outward Bound Moray Sea School in September1957. This was course 72 and I was in Rodney watch.…
I have passed the gates many times since I was at Ullswater in 1967, and I always wanted to enter but never did. Now thanks to the hospitality of Annette and…